Internationalised Domain Names key to multilingualism online

Internationalised Domain Names key to multilingualism online Brussels, 24 September 2012 - Internationalised Domain Names are a vital part of the ecosystem necessary to foster the growth of local languages online, according to the EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names, an abstract of which is featured in the latest report by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, The State of Broadband 2012: Achieving Digital Inclusion for All , published on 23 September 2012. Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names consisting of characters from non-Latin scripts, such as Cyrillic or Greek. Online multilingualism, as well as the capacities of communities to create and share content in their local languages, are important drivers of the use of broadband infrastructure by the local population, which in turn will increase access to linguisticall...